rms61moparman
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I think the competetion on Saturday showed what many of us knew all along, and the outcome was predicted here before the day ever dawned.
All three saws were perfect!!!
The 346 was predicted to win the .325 session and it did.
The 5100 was predicted to win the 3/8ths and it did.
The 260 was predicted to be the lightest and last forever and it was and it will.
I think each saw ran great and did exactly what it was designed for.
If I was going to start out walking from the barn trimming limbs that overhang the hayfields with a jug of gas and a bottle of oil and expect to be out all day,
I would definately want the 260. It is the lightest of the three, has great power and sips fuel like a kid takes castor oil.
If I wanted the fastest best handling saw for limbing or cutting up tops and felling and bucking a smaller tree occasionally, I would choose the 346 without a doubt.
If I wanted a real nice saw that was good in the limbs and tops but was equally at home felling and bucking medium size trees and had the grunt to occasionally take on someting up to 18" the 5100 has no equal especially for the price.
Everyone, me more than most, wants the "mostest" for the "leastest".
We all want a saw that weighs 6 lbs. full of fuel and oil, that handles like a flashlight and will pull a 25" bar in oak and hickory all day on two tablespoons full of fuel.
We would like to buy it for $79.95 and have an unlimited lifetime warranty.
Unfortunately life is a compromise, but for the way they should be used these saws are all great performers and have earned their place among the elite.
Brad,
I don't want to mod the muffler that is on my 5100........BUT.....I would be more than happy to bolt a modded muffler on if anyone wants to donate one and submit it for any test you would like to perform. One of the best things I like about that saw is the way it screams....quietly.
Mike
All three saws were perfect!!!
The 346 was predicted to win the .325 session and it did.
The 5100 was predicted to win the 3/8ths and it did.
The 260 was predicted to be the lightest and last forever and it was and it will.
I think each saw ran great and did exactly what it was designed for.
If I was going to start out walking from the barn trimming limbs that overhang the hayfields with a jug of gas and a bottle of oil and expect to be out all day,
I would definately want the 260. It is the lightest of the three, has great power and sips fuel like a kid takes castor oil.
If I wanted the fastest best handling saw for limbing or cutting up tops and felling and bucking a smaller tree occasionally, I would choose the 346 without a doubt.
If I wanted a real nice saw that was good in the limbs and tops but was equally at home felling and bucking medium size trees and had the grunt to occasionally take on someting up to 18" the 5100 has no equal especially for the price.
Everyone, me more than most, wants the "mostest" for the "leastest".
We all want a saw that weighs 6 lbs. full of fuel and oil, that handles like a flashlight and will pull a 25" bar in oak and hickory all day on two tablespoons full of fuel.
We would like to buy it for $79.95 and have an unlimited lifetime warranty.
Unfortunately life is a compromise, but for the way they should be used these saws are all great performers and have earned their place among the elite.
Brad,
I don't want to mod the muffler that is on my 5100........BUT.....I would be more than happy to bolt a modded muffler on if anyone wants to donate one and submit it for any test you would like to perform. One of the best things I like about that saw is the way it screams....quietly.
Mike
